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   Coggeshall

   The monastery's possessions and lands, totalling nearly 50,000 acres (200 km²), were seized; King Henry VIII granted them to Sir Thomas Seymour. ... Coggeshall lies on the ancient route of Stane Street.
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   Covent Garden

   King Henry VIII granted part of the land to Baron Russell, Lord High Admiral and, later, Earl of Bedford. ... Neal Street, named after Thomas Neale (1641-1699) who designed the Seven Dials development and set up the first central postal service in the American colonies, was home to the punk club The Roxy in 1977.
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   Thomas More

   This time Henry granted his request. ... House of Representatives, Proceedings and Debates of the 100th Congress, Second Session, Volume 134, Page H7332-03 (H7333) (noting that when Thomas More when he was beheaded by Henry VIII, More gave notoriety to his beard with his famous line.
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   Aylsham

   In 1519 Henry VIII granted a market on Saturdays and an annual fair to be held on March 12, which was the eve of the feast of St Gregory the pope. ... Hungate Street, with its many medieval half-timbered houses, was formerly the main road into the town from Norwich.
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   English Reformation

   Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (c. 1485–1540), Henry VIII's chief minister 1532–1540. ... The Convocation granted consent to the King's five articles and the payment on 8 March 1531.
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   History of Coventry

   The educational institution of Bablake School possibly originates from 1344 when the Bablake lands were granted by Queen Isabella. ... The General Dispensary was merged with the hospital, and to cope with increasing demand, in 1863 a site in Stoney Stanton Road on which to build a larger hospital was acquired from Sir Thomas White's trustees and King Henry VIII Grammar School.
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   Earl Shilton

   The next heir was John’s sister, Elizabeth, who was born in 1497, and was ten years old when the court granted her inheritance in 1507. ... During the rein of Henry VIII, the crown gave a parcel of the lands in Earl Shilton to Trinity Hospital, Cambridge.
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   William Petre

   His fortunes were linked with those of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's Vicar General. ... Pope Paul IV granted this on 27 November 1555.
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   Timeline of Christianity

   1231 Charter of the University of Paris granted by Pope Gregory IX. ... 1535 Thomas More refused to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the Church in England, and was executed.
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    Timeline of Birmingham history

    1534: Saint Chad's Cathedral becomes the first Catholic cathedral erected in England after the Protestant Reformation initiated by King Henry VIII. ... September 1989: The Brindleyplace development alongside the ICC and Broad Street is granted planning permission.

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• Coggeshall,
• Covent Garden,
• Thomas More,
• Aylsham,
• English Reformation,
• History of Coventry,
• Earl Shilton,
• William Petre,
• Timeline of Christianity,
• Timeline of Birmingham history